Hair-pin.



n0. 703,4l. PaQtented July I902.

vN. 0. HASSUM. HAIR Pm.

(Application filed. Aug. 11, 1900.)

(Nd Model.

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UNITEp STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NILS O. HASSUM, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

HAIR-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 703,412, dated July 1,1902.

Application filed August 11, 1900. $erial No. 26,638. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom t it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILS 0.; HASSUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Hair-Pin, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to hair-pins, and has for its object to produce adevice of this kind which will be simple and efficient; and it consistsin the improved construction and novel arrangement of parts of the same,as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numeralsindicate corresponding parts in each of the views in which Fig. 2 is abottom plan View of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the parts in position ready forinsertion into the hair, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view.

My improved hair-pin comprises two parts 1 and 2, each of which isformed substantially U-shaped, and the part 2 is adapted to be insertedin holes 3 in the part 1. The part 1 constitutes the pin proper and ispreferably bent, and the intermediate portion of each leg is providedwith a recess l upon its under or concaved side. The perforations 3extend from the rear or outer portion of the head diagonally forwardthrough the legs to the wall of the recessed portion 4: near one endthereof. From the other end of the recess the free end of each legextends forward, so that the recess if extended would pass diagonallythrough the leg and come out at the rear of the same at some distancefrom the tip. This location of the holes will enable the pins to engagewith the greatest amount of hair with the least depth of recess. Thepart 2 is preferably formed from metal and is of such a length that whenits head'or bent portion 5 is pushed in far enough to rest in a slightdepression or recess 6 inthe head of the pin its free end will extendacrossthe recess 4: and bear against the wall opposite the opening ofthe perforations 3.

If desired, the legs of the part 2, which will call the locking member,may be slightly curved, so as to frictionally engage with the walls ofthe opening 3 and be retained therein against accidental removal.

The. openings 3 may also be slightly curved the legs of the pin. The pinis then inserted into the hair, and the locking member is forced in asfar as it will go, which will cause the ends of its legs to inclosea'portion of the hair within the recess of the pin, and thereby preventthe removal of the pin until after the locking member has beenwithdrawn. When it is desired to remove the pin, the looking member iseasily withdrawn by inserting a finger-nail into the recess ordepression in the head of the pin to the rear of the bend of the lockingmember and then forcing the same outward until its free ends have beenwithdrawn from the recesses in the legs of the pin, after which the pinmay be removed from the hair in the usual manner.

To further assist in the removal of the locking member from the legs,the head of the pin is preferably cut off at an angle on its outerportion or the side opposite to the recess, as shown at 7. This willpermit of the engagement of the fingers with the head of the lockingmember independently of the depression 6.

The pin can be formed from any desired material, and by ornamenting itand the bent end of the locking member a very neat and ornamental pinmay be secured, and the insertion of the metallic U -shaped lockingmember-thr0ugh the head of the pin will more than compensate for theweakening effect had upon the pin by perforating its legslongitudinally.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is p i I In a hair-pin thecombination with asubstantially U-shaped pin, the head of which isprovided with a transverse recess and is cut off at an angle on the rearside, and each leg is cent or concaved and provided with a recess in itsinner side, the portion of the leg between the head and the recess beingprovided with a hole extending diagonally therethrough from the outer orrear side of the head to the wall of the recess in the leg near one end,the leg being curved or bent outward at a point opposite said recess ofa substantially U -shaped locking member, the legs of which fit withinthe holes in the legs of the pin, and when in position to retain the pinthe head will bear against the cut-off portion 10 of the head of the pinand the'tips will each engage with the Wall of its respective recessopposite the entrance to the hole in the other side of the recess.

NILS O. HASSUM. Witnesses:

JOHN OLSEN, H. BURGEL.

